diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/codegenwasm.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/codegenwasm.cpp
index 9761d6f09edc04..ba5d414bff3c21 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/codegenwasm.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/codegenwasm.cpp
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ void CodeGen::genHomeRegisterParams(regNumber initReg, bool* initRegStillZeroed)
 //
 void CodeGen::genReportGenericContextArg(regNumber initReg, bool* pInitRegZeroed)
 {
-    assert(m_compiler->compGeneratingProlog);
+    assert(GetEmitter()->emitGeneratingPrologOrFuncletProlog());
 
     const bool reportArg  = m_compiler->lvaReportParamTypeArg();
     const bool reportThis = m_compiler->lvaKeepAliveAndReportThis();